LOCTrailing EA (partial close) New Trailing Method. Percent trailing stop loss.

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Hi,
I want to introduce a new <span class="glossarylink">

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</span> loss method. It is available for both LOCTrailing expert advisor and LOCTrailing with Partial Close expert advisor. Also it will be available for LOCTrader expert advisor soon.

The method is called Percent trailing. It is not based on indicators and very straightforward.
You will set the percent % of the order profit to lock. For example you want to lock 30% of the profit. This means when you get 20 pips of profit LOCTrailing will place the <span class="glossarylink">

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</span> at 30% -- 6 pips and will continue to trail the <span class="glossarylink">

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</span> when the price continue to move in your favor. The SL will always lock 30% of the order.
Example:
+6 pips at +20 pips
+9 pips at +30 pips
+12 pips at +40 pips
And so on.
This method also allows you to setup the minimum profit to lock. For example you can set 30% and start at 10 pips. With these settings <span class="glossarylink">

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</span> will start <span class="glossarylink">

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</span> when order profit is +33pips setting the SL at +10 pips (30%)

A video demonstration is available here:
[video=youtube_share;Mu5Vy8PVrEA]http://youtu.be/Mu5Vy8PVrEA[/video]

More info about LOCTrailing with partial close expert advisor:
http://www.landofcash.net/ForexExpertAdvisor-LOCTrailingWithPartialClose.aspx

More info about LOCTrailing expert advisor is here:
http://www.landofcash.net/ForexExpertAdvisor-LOCTrailing.aspx
 
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